Girls On The Run 5K event in Biltmore Park

These very courageous and dedicated girls ran their first 5K at Biltmore Park last weekend and rocked it!!!!

I was hired to photograph the event and document every aspect of it, from the girls getting their 'game faces on' to group shots of the participating schools/ teams, to the coaches who inspired them, to the local stars from WLOS Channel 13 news and multiple local radio stations, to the sponsors and volunteers who support this amazing organization, to the beginning of the race all the way to the tearful end {whew, that is a mouth full!}.

Speaking of tears, I welled up quite a bit looking through my camera's view finder, as I saw, up close and personal the overwhelming emotions I felt from many of the girls who emulated so much pride and a grand sense of accomplishment! I was touched by the WNC local communities "it takes a village" type support and couldn't believe how amazing the turn out really was. I hear it continues to grow exponentially every year! Keep up the great work everyone.

Thank you to all who participated in this event and for allowing me to be able to document this very inspiring day!!!

Family Photos of the Harris Family

Here is my recent shoot of a wonderful family who's 3 very thoughtful children bought a family photo package for their wonderful mom for Mother's Day! See, Colby was coming into town from Arizona to attend his baby sister, Maddison's, graduation from NC State. SO, they came up with a perfect idea to get their mom some professional photos of their family for Mother's Day!

We had scheduled our shoot outside in the gardens of the Biltmore Estate. Well, as it turns out, this had never happened to me {*knocking on wood right now!}, but the morning of the shoot, we found ourselves facing a down-pour of rain! We're talking a monsoon. This is very unusual weather for WNC. And because I am primarily a natural-light photographer, I was crushed, but knew there was the perfect solution. So, I quickly thought on my feet, as we had 7 family members to corral, and decided to bring them to another location with beautiful natural light. Thankfully they were open to the idea. So we went to The Grove Park Inn and had ourselves a ball!